What happens
Bandleader Eddie Block arrives at a New Orleans police station in the early hours and confesses to shooting a frail old man named Papa Benjamin, whom he says was killing him through a curse. The story of Eddie Block and his struggling band follows, recounting how he trailed his drummer Johnny Stats to a voodoo gathering in a dark building near Congo Square. The Escape radio series presents this adaptation of William Irish's tale, first broadcast on January 21, 1948. The episode is an adaptation of William Irish's story, and Frank Lovejoy plays Eddie Block in the cast.
New Orleans, including a police station, the Maxims nightclub on Charles Street, and a dark alleyway near Congo Square
Characters: Eddie Block, Papa Benjamin, Johnny Stats, Judy Jarvis, Robert, Dr. Reynolds, the police commissioner
Listen for: Eddie Block's account of following Johnny Stats to the voodoo ceremony and what he is told he must do to escape the curse
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.